Adolph simon



A. SIMON.

SLACK ABSORBER FOB BRACELETS OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. m9.-

1,313,645. Patented Aug. 19, 1919,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLIPH SIMON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

SLACK-ABSORBER FOR BRACELETS OR THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SIMON, a subject of the King of England, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slack-Absorbers for Bracelets or the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to expansible bracelets or the like, and a primary object is to provide a more simple form of absorber for the slack. of a bracelet or the like than that described in my co-pending patent applicati'on, Serial No. 224,998, filed March 27, 1918.

The slack-absorber described in the abovementioned co-pending patent application is built up of several parts in addition to the roller, and another object of the invention is to simplify the assembling of the parts of a slack-absorber of the kind referred to.

A further object is to provide for the roller a single-piece sheet-metal frame wherein the roller can be locked in position, and providin guides for the ribbon to be taken up by the roller. y

A still further object is to provide that the slack-absorber comprising the singlepiece frame shall nevertheless have the appearance of a buckle as in the ease of known slack-absorbers of the kind referred to.

A still further object is to provide that the roller-spindle can be dropped into place in the single-piece frame after its one end has been entered into a hole of the one side of the frame, and can then be locked in position by bending a horn or lug provided on the opposite side of the frame.

To this and other ends, the invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, wherein igure 1 1s a to plan view of a fiat blank from which the frame of a slack-absorber is to be made,

Specification of Letters Patent.

spindle D into the hole Patented Au 19, 1919.

i Application fil ed February 28,1919. Serial No. 279,916.

Like reference letters designate like parts in all the views.

Referring first to Fig. l, a four-sided blank A has a central, square aperture or orifice A Opposite sides B, B of this blank bound the orifice A in two directions, and intermediate side pieces C, C are provided on the blank, these pieces being perforated at C so that they constitute little morethan wire loops. The side piece Bhas a slot B in it, and in line with this is an outwardly-firojecting lug or horn B the side piece 1 has a circular hole B in line with the slot B and the lug B. The blank thus formed has the side pieces B, B bent up at right-angles to the part A, as shown in Fig. 2, to provide supports for the roller, and the intermediate side pieces C, C similarly bent at right-angles to the part A to form guides for the ribbon which is applied to the roller in the same manner as is described in the above-mentioned co-pending patent application.

The horn B is bent outward from the car B and the bend is made sufficiently far down the ear to expose the top of the slot B as shown at B in Fig. 2. It thus follows that a roller D having a spindle D Fi 3 can be brought into position after the rame is made up by first insertin one end of the 4 in the ear B and then swinging the roller down as indicated by the arrow, so that the other end, which is squared, enters the slot B and can be brought to the bottom of the said slot. The horn B is then bent over so that its end lies against the spindle, as shown in Fig. 3, and prevents it from rising out of the slot. A izpring for operating the roller is shown at Fig. 3, and has one end secured to the spindle and the other end to the roller, as is described in the above-mentioned co-pendin patent application.

he operatlon of the absorber is the same as that described in the above-mentioned co-pending patent application, a ribbon F being engaged with t e roller and threaded through the guides C, C in the same manner as is therein described, but the advanta e of the present construction is that the who e article contains only four pieces, viz: (1) the frame, (2) the roller, (3) the spindle and Q4) the spring. The roller in the drawings 1s shown only diagrammatically as its construction forms no part of the present invention, but if it is provided with a detachable cap as shown and described in the above-mentioned co-pending patent application, this cap would constitutea fifthpiece.

Should the roller require to be repaired,

or a new spring inserted, the horn B is easily bent outward so that that end of the roller-spindle can be lifted fromilthe .slot and then the whole roller drawn out from the frame.

These articles are usually made in gold, which is very malleable, and theretorelen'ds itself well to this manner of construction, but rolled gold, silver or other metals can he employed in the same manner.

If de i ed, a leg pe g th vehhee function as the horn B could be stamped up when making the slot'BZits end (being then attached to that end of'the slot which 'is-nearest the orifice A ith the lug in thisposition, it-would bebent over the end of the spindle when in place in the slot, and the slot could be continued outto the edge of the ear, so that noxbending would behecessary at the point where the lugis attached in the construction shown in'the drawings.

It will beseen that all the parts of the slack-absorber frame constructed. according to this invention are necessary to the construction d lepe et eh, .50 th th r .1 .0 waste material. Thus, the ears B, B carry the roller, the lug B secures itfthe loops C, C are guides for the ribbon, andthe p arts f h pla A wh ch a e ,l Q h m-h se b h e g -Perh e hhd a e ren hheh h pieces to connect the ears B, B}.

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